The overall aim of the project is to support European social partners in building capacities to play a role in the implementation of the Directive 2011/92/EU, notably the fight against sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism. Specific objectives are:

to promote discussion, interaction and experience sharing between employers' and employees' organisations in the tourism sector;

to identify the new challenges arising from changes in ways to engage in sexual activities with children in tourism;

to collect good practices aimed at preventing the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism;

to identify possible initiatives/measures to improve the promotion of child-safe tourism industry in Europe and comply with the EU/2011/92 Directive;

to develop a toolbox/guidelines for the tourism industry;

to elaborate a joint position and provide remarks about a possible specific Directive on combating child sex tourism.

Results

A questionnaire-based survey aimed at stressing the major changes in engaging in sex with children in tourism;

A compilation of initiatives, good practices and policies (joint agreements and declarations, campaigns, codes of conduct, CSR policies etc) in the field of the fight against sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism;

A toolbox of guidelines and training to help tourism workplace actors best react in case of suspicious child exploitation;

Publications and other resources

E-publication

Tool kit formed of high-quality training and awareness resources for the whole tourism supply chain disseminated and implemented Europe-wide.